Being a tourist in the middle of political protests
I suspect Brazil will be like this for a long time yet, and has been for many, many years now - a bubbling foment of discontent. Discontent with corrupt government members, the huge gap between the poor and the wealthy, and the unfulfilled political promises. It probably has not made the news in Australia that, once again, a Brazilian president (and vice-president) has been caught embezzling huge amounts of money from the government. And this discovery came at the time that the government has been threatening to stop all old-age pension payments. I think you can imagine the anger of the people! While the leaders line their pockets with billions the pensions are threatened with having nothing to live on. What's going on here? In a country where there is a church on every corner, how can there be such dishonesty and selfishness at the highest levels? As I stood inside Dom Bosco Igreja (right) I was overwhelmed by it's beauty a...